Unfortunately it does get a bit fuzzy as the hike was more than 6 weeks ago, so I'm using the pictures to jog my memory. Day 2 was still deep within the canyon and there were many rocks to clamber over. It was slow going, but if I'm not mistaken, it ended at the sulphur pools, which was not recommended in the guide, but it was actually awesome. What wind there was, was merciful in its direction so we didn't smell much of the sulphur while camping.
If anything the spring water was too hot making it necessary to sit at the interface between the cold river water and the hot spring water. But it was luxury for the tired bodies. Some of the group woke up early the next morning to lie in the hot water before we set off.
I'm trying to follow Mark Sisson's Primal Blueprint, so all the food we packed was high protein and high fat, with a lot of dehydrated veggies thrown in. I mentioned Primal Rule 6: Play in a previous post, but this was Primal Rule 1: eat lots of meat and vegetables (and avoid starches). It worked very well, I never felt the need for energy drinks or sugar sweets.
We had dehydrated eggs and bacon, which we rehydrated and ate for breakfast to the cereal eaters dismay every morning. Some mornings we ate eggs with canned mussels, try it! Fantastic! Lunch was fatty biltong (dried meat) or droewors (dried sausage) with nuts and dried fruit, it never gets tired. Supper was mixed dehydrated veggies with either dehydrated mince or tuna from a sachet. These menus could do with some work, and knowing how much we are capable of carrying (and what our fellow hikers carried) may make the menu choices a bit more exciting next time.
Four of our fellow hikers held an internal cooking competition! Night 1 was filet steak. I think night 2 was macaroni and cheese. I'll try to add their meals in in the next posts, but it was really yummy fresh food.
If anything the spring water was too hot making it necessary to sit at the interface between the cold river water and the hot spring water. But it was luxury for the tired bodies. Some of the group woke up early the next morning to lie in the hot water before we set off.
I'm trying to follow Mark Sisson's Primal Blueprint, so all the food we packed was high protein and high fat, with a lot of dehydrated veggies thrown in. I mentioned Primal Rule 6: Play in a previous post, but this was Primal Rule 1: eat lots of meat and vegetables (and avoid starches). It worked very well, I never felt the need for energy drinks or sugar sweets.
We had dehydrated eggs and bacon, which we rehydrated and ate for breakfast to the cereal eaters dismay every morning. Some mornings we ate eggs with canned mussels, try it! Fantastic! Lunch was fatty biltong (dried meat) or droewors (dried sausage) with nuts and dried fruit, it never gets tired. Supper was mixed dehydrated veggies with either dehydrated mince or tuna from a sachet. These menus could do with some work, and knowing how much we are capable of carrying (and what our fellow hikers carried) may make the menu choices a bit more exciting next time.
Four of our fellow hikers held an internal cooking competition! Night 1 was filet steak. I think night 2 was macaroni and cheese. I'll try to add their meals in in the next posts, but it was really yummy fresh food.
Morning in the canyon, dead still river pools of sweet water
Me and my bokkie, Renalda and I'm wearing boots... more on that in the next post
Ebony and Ivory living together in perfect harmony
But don't forget this is a desert
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